Jennifer Lawrence had to stand in ‘naked line-up’ before being told to lose 15 pounds

Jennifer Lawrence had a disturbing early experience in Hollywood when a female producer "humiliated" her about her size.

The "mother!" star said the bizarre incident happened when she was just starting out in her career and was ordered to stand naked in a line-up with other actresses so that a female producer could judge her body size.

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"During this time a female producer had me do a nude line-up with about five women who were much, much, thinner than me. We are stood side-by-side with only tape on covering our privates," she added while speaking at Elle's 2017 Women in Hollywood Awards. "After that degrading and humiliating line-up, the female producer told me I should use the naked photos of myself as inspiration for my diet."

Actress Jennifer Lawrence speaks onstage at the "mother!" press conference during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Lawrence shared that prior to the humiliating experience, she had been told to lose 15 pounds in two weeks and learned that other actresses before her were already fired for not losing the weight fast enough.

She added that she acted a certain way because she thought she had to for the sake of her career.

Her comments came after Lawrence, who previously worked with Harvey Weinstein, said she was "deeply disturbed" by the mounting allegations of sexual harassment and rape against him.

"I worked with Harvey five years ago and I did not experience any form of harassment personally, nor did I know about any of these allegations," she said in a statement to People. "This kind of abuse is inexcusable and absolutely upsetting."